How to Use the Advanced Job Search Features
For most searches, the basic query fields, "Keyword(s)", "Look In", "Location", and "Date Posted", are sufficient to find job postings of interest. In some cases, though, there may be too many matches returned to easily browse through or unwanted matches interspersed among those in your field of interest. This can easily be resolved by doing an advanced job search. Clicking the MORE button in the lower left of the the Search Jobs panel will reveal more query filters. The advanced Job Search features include "Limit To", "Employer", and "Career Category".
Limit To
The "Limit To" field provides a group of checkboxes with the most common job posting flags. You may check as many as you like, but keep in mind that this will limit your search to only those job postings that feature all of your selections. Here is a rundown of the checkbox options:
- Part-time – jobs that do not require the job seeker to work a standard 40-hour work-week.
- Bilingual – jobs that require or prefer Spanish language skills.
- Entry Level – jobs for the first-time or inexperienced job seeker.
- Volunteer – jobs that are community-oriented and that typically do no pay.
- Student / Internship – jobs for students seeking real-world work experience.
- Telecommute – jobs that allow the job seeker to work from home or remotely.
- Relocation – jobs that provide financial reimbursement if the job seeker must relocate.
- Careerlink.comTV – jobs that have been featured on Careerlink's television job seeker program.
Career Category
The "Career Category" dropdown box allows you to narrow your search by career. The selection options provided are the major career categories determined by the AIM Institute. Here are the 46 top-level career categories:
- Administration
- Aesthetics
- Agriculture
- Animal Care
- Application Development
- Architecture
- Communications Technologies
- Computer Operations
- Consulting
- E-Commerce
- Education
- Engineering / Technical
- Entertainment
- Finance / Accounting
- Gaming / Racing
- Grocery / SuperMarket
- Health Care
- Hotel / Resort / Hospitality
- Human Resources
- Human Services
- Insurance
- Judicial / Courts
- Landscaping / Gardening
- Legal
- Management
- Manufacturing / Distribution
- Media
- Military and Defense
- Miscellaneous
- Music
- Parks / Recreation
- Printing / Publishing
- Real Estate
- Restaurants / Food Service
- Retail
- Sales / Marketing
- Scientific
- Security, Enforcement, Emergency
- Service
- Sports / Fitness
- Theology and Religious Vocations
- Trades / Crafts
- Transportation
- Utilities / Energy
- Work from Home
- Work-Based Learning
Career Clusters
The "Career Clusters" dropdown box allows you to narrow your search by career. The selection options provided are the 16 Career Clusters developed by the States' Career Clusters Initiative (SCCI). Here's a description of each of the career clusters:
- Agriculture, Food, & Natural Resources – the production, processing, marketing, distribution, financing, and development of agricultural commodities and resources including food, fiber, wood products, natural resources, horticulture, and other plant and animal products/resources.
- Architecture & Construction – careers in designing, planning, managing, building and maintaining the built environment.
- Arts, A/V Technology, & Communications – designing, producing, exhibiting, performing, writing, and publishing multimedia content including visual and performing arts and design, journalism, and entertainment services.
- Business Management & Administration – planning, organizing, directing and evaluating business functions essential to efficient and productive business operations. These career opportunities are available in every sector of the economy.
- Education & Training – planning, managing and providing education and training services, and related learning support services.
- Finance – planning, services for financial and investment planning, banking, insurance, and business financial management.
- Government & Public Administration – executing governmental functions to include Governance; National Security; Foreign Service; Planning; Revenue and Taxation; Regulation; and Management and Administration at the local, state, and federal levels.
- Health Science – planning, managing, and providing therapeutic services, diagnostic services, health informatics, support services, and biotechnology research and development.
- Hospitality & Tourism – management, marketing and operations of restaurants and other food-services, lodging, attractions, recreation events and travel related services.
- Human Services – relating to and providing for families and human needs.
- Information Technology – design, development, support, and management of hardware, software, multimedia, and systems integration services.
- Law, Public Safety, Corrections, & Security – planning, managing, and providing legal, public safety, protective services and homeland security, including professional and technical support services.
- Manufacturing – planning, managing and performing the processing of materials into intermediate or final products and related professional and technical support activities such as production planning and control, maintenance and manufacturing/process engineering.
- Marketing – planning, managing, and performing marketing activities to reach organizational objectives.
- Science, Technology, Engineering, & Mathematics – planning, managing, and providing scientific research and professional and technical services (e.g., physical science, social science, engineering) including laboratory and testing services, and research and development services.
- Transportation, Distribution, & Logistics – planning, management, and movement of people, materials, and goods by road, pipeline, air, rail and water and related professional and technical support services such as transportation infrastructure planning and management, logistics services, mobile equipment and facility maintenance.
Employer
The "Employer" text field allows you to narrow your search by typing in the name of a company or employer. As soon as you start typing, employer suggestions will be displayed. If you see a match, simply scroll down to it using the arrow keys and click the Return or Enter key. You may have already seen similar hint functionality while typing in the "Location" field. Please note that the suggestions list of employers only includes those currently posting a job.
After selected an employer from the list of suggestions, the company's logo will appear to the right of the "Employer" text field. You may click this logo to view the full job listing for this employer.
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